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All Songs Considered

Our no. 1 songs: 2013

All Songs Considered

NPR

Music

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

A country music makeover, an electro-pop crooner inspired by Sam Cooke, the stomp-clap era continues, and more.


Note: This is a recurring feature in celebration of All Songs Considered’s 25th anniversary. A shorter version of this episode ran earlier in the year.

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0:00.0

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0:13.5

Please note that this episode contains explicit language.

0:17.4

All right, all songs considered, NPR music, I'm Robin Hilton.

0:20.5

I'm here with Stephen Thompson. Welcome, Stephen.

0:22.4

Hello, Robin. We're looking back at our number one songs from each year of the past 25 years as we celebrate the show's 25th anniversary this year. We are up to 2013. Let's get right to it.

0:34.1

I'm going to go right here.

0:39.2

Well, I know it's Casey Musgraves, and I remember the song very well, but I cannot for the

0:43.3

life when we come up with the name.

0:44.8

If you save yourself from marriage, you're aboard.

0:49.4

If you don't save yourself from marriage, you're a horrible person.

0:55.0

If you won't have a drink, then you're a prude.

0:59.0

But they'll call you a drunk as soon as you down the first one.

1:05.0

If you can't lose the weight, then you're just fat.

1:09.0

But if you lose too much, then you're on crack.

1:13.6

You're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't.

1:18.6

So you might as well just do whatever you want.

1:23.6

So make lots of noise,

1:26.6

kiss lots of boys, but kiss lots of girls If that's something you're into When a straight and narrow Get a little too straight roll up the door Follow your arrow Follow your. One second before she said it.

1:47.0

I got it.

1:52.0

Really, that's incredible, Robin.

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